For one tropical tree species in the forests of Panama, getting struck by lightning every once in a while is […] ...

Amid the seething competition for space in tropical forests, pity the single-veined leaf. Plants have more to cope with than competition from other plants. The evidence of animals eating leaves is ...

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The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

The large leaves of the aguaje, a tropical palm tree that grows in the peatlands and other seasonal wetland areas in tropical ...

A new study reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate ... losing 5.7 times more leaves from their crowns, and 64% died within two years. When each Dipteryx tree was ...